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APPARATUS FOR REMOVING snow AND 10 FROM STREETS.-

No.244,536. 1 Patentediuly 19,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR F. BOOMER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR ONE-THIRD TO CHAS. G. TILL, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR REMOVINGSNOW AND, ICE FROM STREETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,536, dated July 19, 1881. Application fi1ed March "1, 1ss1. (N model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR F.BooMEn, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Bemoving Snow and Ice from Streets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to remove 1 snow and ice from streets in a most speedy and inexpensive manner.

The invention consists in laying steam-pipes along the street-gutters for receiving the exhaust-steam from the boilers that are used'for heating or mechanical purposes in the buildings bordering on the streets, or for receiving steam from other sources especially arranged for thatpurpose; andit consists,further, in constructing suitable water seals or traps to the pipes in the sewer-inlets to prevent theescape of steam, and in constructing or applying a suitable bed for supporting said steam-pipes, so that they shall better withstand the shocks and wear of heavy vehicles, the intention being to have steam always in these pipes in cold weather, to melt the snow and ice that may be thrown into the gutters upon said pipes from sidewalks or roadways.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the apparatus in position in a street. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same on line no ac, Fig. 1., and Fig. 3 is a'sectional elevation of the wa-' ter-trap and connedtion.

In the drawings, A represents the roadway, B B the sidewalks,'C the gutters, and D a sewer-inlet.

E represents an iron plate provided with a longitudinal channel or depression, a, laid in a gutter, C, for receiving and supporting the steam-pipe F that is placed in the channel to. These channels a in the plate E are designed to be of sufficient depth to permit the pipes F to lie in them for half or more of the diameter of said pipes, so that said pipesF may be well protected from displacement or injury from the wheels of passing vehicles. These plates E, when used, aredesigned to be extended 1; e

-who1e length of the gutter beneath the pipe F;

but said plates E may in some instances be dispensed with and the pipes F be laid in suitable channels formed in the gutter-pavement.

Connected with the ends of the pipes F in the sewer-inlet D is shown a water-trap, G, into which flows the water from the steam condensing in the pipes F, as shown at b, which water forms a seal that prevents the escape of steam from said pipes F. An overflow, a, from the trap G carries off the water to the sewer as it accumulates.

A valve, H, in the bottom of the trap Gr, operated by means of a rod, d, that extends upward within easy reach oi the operator, may be opened to permit the escape of all the water in the trap G, to prevent its freezing at any time, or in order to permit a free escape for the steam in the pipes F.

In a street supplied with this apparatus in operating condition the snow and ice,if thrown from roadway and sidewalks into the gutter, which can be done at comparatively little expense, will be rapidly melted and run 011' into the sewers r The device is inexpensive and puts to the best use the exhaust-steam that is always escaping in winter from offices, factories, dwelling-houses, and other buildings in a city.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As a means for removing snow and ice from the gutter, steam-pipes F, provided with water-traps G, arranged and operated substantially as herein set forth.

2. In an apparatus for removing snow and ice from streets, the combination, with the steam-pipes F, of the plates E, provided with channels a, substantially as herein shown and described, said plates serving to support and 8 5 protect the pipes, as set forth. 7

. OSCAR F. BOOMER.

Witnesses:

- I. I. STORER,

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